Horror parties

Guests enter a house of horror entrance.

This comprises Mock stone arch doorway overgrown with vines, creepers
and dying foliage. Internal mock wooden panelled walls of a an old hallway
Horror items on these walls including spooky mirror, manacles, heraldic
shields. A suit of armour Low lying fog and dead leaves The flickering of
flames and the cackling of the un-dead lies beyond. By turning off the house
lights and bringing in suitable atmospheric lighting to reduce the apparent
ceiling height, we effectively take out most of the venue look and can
concentrate on the theme at human scale.

The next thing they see which re-enforces the Baronial house look is
with 6 No. 4m high free-standing flagstaffs with hanging Medieval style
banners. However these are also over grown with creepers and thickets of dead
and twisted growth. There will be half a dozen fake bats flying around on
tethers and more low lying fog. Rising out of this fog are poseur tables
wrapped in hessian and tied in with rough rope. On each of these is a mock
flame inside one of several styles of outer-e.g. Pumpkins, Medieval style iron
baskets and skulls.

Now that we have set the main scene guests can now avail themselves of
the food, drink and entertainment. The food and drink areas will be wrapped
firstly in white sheets (as though the furniture was under wraps for the
Winter) and then in localised places, set with various themed items e.g.
Cauldrons, coffins, candelabra, old implements including scythes and wooden
bowls/ dough boys/ boxes. An old bar is available for collecting drinks.

The entertainment comprises games-see separate list, and both roving
and static entertainment. Suggestions here include The old dowager and her
ancient, but faithful old retainer, Scrotum. Tarot card reader Palmist Crystal
ball gazer Walk about horror characters like High rise rubber, Runtmonger or
the Little Guys A string quartet dressed as witches. (Covent Garden String
Quartet ?)